Trial Stories
Trial Stories

Author: Michael E. Tigar

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13:

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This book tells the stories of nine iconic trials. The themes of these cases include treason, racial justice, the death penalty, fraud, personal rights, women's rights, product safety, and corporate misdeeds. The chapters show lawyers at work, creating a relationship with a litigant seeking justice, and then taking that claim into the courtroom. These chapters are excellent vehicles for teaching all the elements of trial advocacy, including jury selection, opening statement, direct and cross-examination, use of expert testimony, and closing argument. The book shows us that advocacy does make a difference, and that advocacy skills can be taught and learned.

Anatomy of a Trial
Anatomy of a Trial

Author: Paul Mark Sandler

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781627224536

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trial Advocacy
Trial Advocacy

Author: Albert J. Moore

Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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Explains how to prepare a case for trial by identifying historical factual propositions that satisfy applicable legal elements; identifying evidence and inferences tending to prove or disprove the crucial factual propositions in a case; organizing evidence into persuasive arguments, whether the evidence is disputed or undisputed or suggests an implausibility in a witness' story; and understanding the influence of "silent arguments" and taking advantage of or countering such arguments. Illustrates interrelationship among evidence, argument, and technique. Sets forth and illustrates trial techniques so advocates can persuasively communicate their arguments to judges and jurors.

Courtroom Psychology and Trial Advocacy
Courtroom Psychology and Trial Advocacy

Author: Richard Waites

Publisher: ALM Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780970597090

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An invaluable resource for experienced trial attorneys, inexperienced trial attorneys looking to advance to the next level of trial practice, and corporate counsel who handle litigation, this book looks at the role courtroom psychology plays in modern trial practice. It covers the essentials of trial practice, including jury selection, opening and closing statements, and questioning witnesses, as well as the key aspects of arbitration hearings and mediations. But what makes this book different from basic trial advocacy primers is its attention to the results of decades of scientific research relating to courtroom psychology (or persuasion psychology). This area concerns how and why jurors, judges, and arbitrators make decisions and how they are influenced. This book examines the role persuasion psychology plays in modern trial practice and how lawyers can use it to their advantage.

Making Your Case
Making Your Case

Author: Antonin Scalia

Publisher: West Publishing Company

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780314184719

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In their professional lives, courtroom lawyers must do these two things well: speak persuasively and write persuasively. In this noteworthy book, two noted legal writers systematically present every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way. The book covers the essentials of sound legal reasoning, including how to develop the syllogism that underlies any argument. From there the authors explain the art of brief writing, especially what to include and what to omit, so that you can induce the judge to focus closely on your arguments. Finally, they show what it takes to succeed in oral argument.